gravitational lensing

Latest in gravitational lensing

A NASA-funded project aims to use the Sun as a gigantic lens to peer into the far reaches of the universe to look for extraterrestrial biosignatures.

Researchers Want to Use the Sun As a Giant Telescope to Look for Aliens

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientsits used a nearby galaxy cluster as a magnifying lens that allowed them to study a much more distant galaxy in ten times the detail.

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Scientists Turn Galaxy Cluster Into Giant Magnifying Lens To Study Even Farther Galaxies

By Dan Robitzski

A pair of physicists suggests that treating the Sun like a giant gravitational lens would give us a clear view of distant exoplanets.

Giant Telescope Could Spot Individual Continents on Exoplanets

By Dan Robitzski

extragalactic planets

For the First Time Ever, Scientists Found Alien Worlds in Another Galaxy

By Chelsea Gohd

For the First Time, Physicists Accelerated Light Beams in Curved Space in the Lab

For the First Time, Physicists Accelerated Light Beams in Curved Space in the Lab

By Chelsea Gohd

Hubble Uses Cosmic Magnification to Capture Images of Ultrabright Galaxies

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Hubble Uses Cosmic Magnification to Capture Images of Ultrabright Galaxies

A “Superpower” of Nature Made This Stunning Image of a Far-Off Galaxy Possible

A “Superpower” of Nature Made This Stunning Image of a Far-Off Galaxy Possible

By Kristin Houser

Hubble Captures Image of First-Ever Predicted Exploding Star

Hubble Captures Image of First-Ever Predicted Exploding Star

By Jolene Creighton